Finance - Student Account Services

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Student Account Services

Student Billing

All the student billing information you need in a central location:

Important Dates

Information about billing dates, billing due dates, cancellation dates, pre-payment period dates and withdrawal credit dates.

For other important dates, visit the University Registrar's Calendars.

Guide To Charges on Your Bill

In addition to tuition and fees, the Office of Student Accounts and University Receivables bills charges on behalf of a variety of other University departments. Click here for a list of the most common student account charges as they appear on your bill, along with contact information. If you have a question about any of these charges, please contact the appropriate office directly. If a charge is removed, it will appear on your next bill as a credit.

Charges for Attendance

Student Fees

Determining Fees

Oversight of tuition and student fee recommendations rests with the Tuition and Fee Advisory Taskforce (TFAT), which is co-chaired by the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost and the Student Body President. Due to the intricacies of student fees, the Student Fee Advisory Subcommittee (SFAS), a subcommittee of the TFAT, manages the student fee submission and review process. The members of the SFAS review the fee requests as a basis for their recommendations to the TFAT. The final decision on fee proposals to the University’s Board of Trustees remains with the Chancellor. Once Board of Trustee approval is received, the fee requests are then forwarded to the UNC System Board of Governors for consideration, except for Miscellaneous Charges, which only require the approval of the Chancellor and the President.

Fee Rates and Descriptions

The Student Fee Rates document provides detailed information about to which students fees are charged. Included in this document are both summary and detailed lists of fees that all students pay as well as a detailed list of fees that only certain students pay.

A Description of Student Fees is available to explain the abbreviated fees as they appear on a student’s bill. Details include the programs and services supported by each total fee.

Fees and Tax Reporting

For a list of fees excluded from Form 1098-T reporting, see the Student Tax Reporting page.

Student Billing-Related Policies

Cancellation of Classes for Non-Payment

In accordance with State law, payment for tuition and fees is due at registration. Students registering in the billing period must pay tuition and fees or complete the Tuition and Fees Deferment Form (on the back of the bill) by the due date noted on the bill. Accounts not paid or deferred by the due date may result in cancellation of registration.

Students whose schedules are canceled may find it difficult or impossible to re-register for the same courses because their seats may have been taken by students on wait lists.

Students who register after the billing period and students canceled in Early Registration must pay estimated tuition and fees or provide proof that they are financial aid recipients prior to being able to access registration.

Fee Waiver

The Request for Waiver of Student Fees form must be submitted to the Cashier's Office for approval no later than the last day to drop a class for tuition credit (the term census date) for the term for which the waiver is being applied. UNC employees who have submitted a Tuition Waiver Application for Faculty/Staff form through the Office of Human Resources - Benefits office do not need to submit the Request for Waiver of Student Fees form to the Cashier's Office for the same term. Information about our Fee Waiver Policy is linked here.

Holds/Stops/Financial Clear Holds

The Office of Student Accounts generally places holds on student accounts when they become past due. Holds are also placed on accounts of students scheduled to graduate to alert them to resolve any debts before graduation. These holds prevent registration and receipt of transcripts and diplomas. The past due amount (or amount due for those scheduled to graduate) must be paid for the hold to be lifted. Financial clear holds prevent registration and are placed on the term record of students who do not register for classes in the billing period of that term. Financial clear holds are manually lifted when the student prepays.

Twenty-Five Percent Tuition Surcharge

As required by the N.C. General Assembly Senate Bill 27, students who take more than 140 degree credit hours to complete a baccalaureate degree in a four-year program or more than 110% of the credit hours necessary to complete a baccalaureate degree in any program officially designated by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors as a five-year program, are to be assessed a 25% tuition surcharge. For further explanation of how degree credit hours are determined, visit the website http://regweb.oit.unc.edu/students/tuition.php.

Returned Check Fee

A processing fee, not to exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00), may be charged and collected for checks on which payment has been refused by the payor bank because of insufficient funds or because the drawer did not have an account at that bank if at the time the consumer presented the check to the person, a sign:

was conspicuously posted on or in the immediate vicinity of the cash register;
was in plain view of anyone paying for goods or services by check;
was no smaller than 8 by 11 inches, and
Stated the amount of the fee that would be charged for returned checks.

When the drawer sends a check by mail for payment of a debt and the check is dishonored and returned, the processing fee may be collected if the drawer was given prior written notice that a fee would be charged for returned checks.

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